2010 Chevrolet Impala Powertrain (other) Problems

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the front-end of the vehicle would lower and the front end was unstable. In addition, the check engine warning light would remain illuminated. The vehicle was also consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. The engine fan had failed and the transmission was faulty. No further information was available. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.

NHTSA ID

11456075

Incident

Feb 10, 2021

Mileage

120,000 mi

The car can have moments of power loss where the speedometer suddenly, erratically spikes while the tachometer slightly lags. It almost stalled my vehicle while transmission was in drive while stopped. It feels like dragging when the power loss occurs. This has occurred randomly for the past month, mostly during interstate driving with cruise control operating. It has happened the last six times I have driven, but the previous several times it did not occur. It also occurred in a similar random fashion for the prior two weeks. When it does occur it feels like power drain and deceleration that can last a second and this will occur several times during a twenty minute drive at 70mph. Mechanics at two shops seem confused and don't know where to begin except for a transmission fluid flush. That was completed and the problem has persisted. There are no related error codes. To lose power suddenly and unexpectedly could cause an accident especially if a system failure shuts off the vehicle while driving. This vehicle has had an oil consumption/burning problem since I bought it with around 60,000miles. It needed 2 quarts of oil added between the last oil changes. I have spent $1400 in July of this year on gasket replacements and that did not stop the leak. More gasket heads and an oil pan are going to be need to replaced and the estimate is another $1400. This is too much to be spending on possibly related issues in a short time span that may not resolve the problem.

NHTSA ID

11440398

Incident

Oct 25, 2021

Service stabilitrak message displayed and reduced engine power to 0 mph while driving. Throttle body, Accelerator pedal position sensor (whole pedal assembly), and ecm replaced. Issue continues. P2138, P2122, P2127 codes present. Stonebriar chevrolet incompetent to resolve.

NHTSA ID

11434416

Incident

Aug 15, 2021

SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING AN "ENGINE REDUCED" WARNING WILL POP UP AND WHEN IT DOES SO, THE CAR LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF POWER APPLIED WHEN ACCELERATING. I HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND SIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL.

NHTSA ID

11378621

Incident

Nov 10, 2020

Mileage

183,487 mi

TRANSMISSION SLIPS FRONT END HITS HARD WHEN BUMPS OCCUR SERVICE AIR BAG IS ON THE DASHBOARD ACTUATOR KNOCKS

NHTSA ID

11354108

Incident

Sep 5, 2016

THE TRANSMISSION GO OUT AT ANY TIME WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING IT'LL JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT THE COMPANY CHEVROLET NEW THAT THEY PUT BAD TRANSMISSION IN THOSE CARS AND LIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF. ELECTRICAL ISSUE THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE GAS METER IN MOVES BY ITSELF WHEN THE CAR IS OFF AND WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING THE CAR IT'LL MOVE BY ITSELF DISPLAYING ACCURATE INFORMATION AND THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT IN CARS ALMOST RAN INTO ME I LIKE TO BUY THAT DAY BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION EVERYBODY I KNOW WITH THIS CAR HAS THE SAME ISSUE SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT BEFORE SOMEONE DIES

NHTSA ID

11341966

Incident

May 15, 2020

Mileage

1,679 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE REPAIR FAILED TO FIX THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

NHTSA ID

11325992

Incident

Dec 1, 2019

Mileage

109,000 mi

WAS DRIVING MY IMPALA 2010 AND STOPPED AT A DOUBLE SIDED ROAD IN ALDIE VA TO TAKE A LEFT AND THE VEHICLE MOVED A ABOUT TWO FEET WHILE TAKING LEFT AND THEN IT STUCK THERE , THE RPM'S KEPT GOING UP BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE, THERE WAS A VEHICLE COMING FROM OPPOSITE SIDE AND WHILE I PANICED THE VEHICLE MADE A JERKING HARD SHIFT AND STARTED TO DRIVE AGAIN. ITS 59000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND ITS TRANSMISSION HAS WORN OUT ALREADY !! BECAUSE ITS OLDER THAN 5 YEARS THE COMPANY WONT GIVE THE WARRANTY

NHTSA ID

11265313

Incident

Sep 29, 2019

Mileage

59,860 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AND JERKED FORWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE EVER SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2019. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 197,000.

NHTSA ID

11257367

Incident

Sep 23, 2019

Mileage

197,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOR A MOMENT AND THE DEPRESS IT AGAIN TO GAIN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PINEGAR CHEVROLET (769 US HIGHWAY 60, EAST REPUBLIC, MO 65738, (417) 732-1871), BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. HOWEVER, THE DEALER FLUSHED THE ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

NHTSA ID

11255175

Incident

Jan 1, 2015

Mileage

45,000 mi

DRIVING UPHILL & THE SERVICE STABILTRAK & THE SERICE TRACTION CONTROL WORDS CAME ON FOLLOWED BY REDUCE OF ENGINE POWER & THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT & TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. WE COULD STILL DRIVE AT ABOUT 20 MPH UPHILL & 45-50 ON FLAT ROADS. WE SHUT THE CAR OFF 4 ABOUT 2 HRS 2 COOL DOWN. BUT THEN AS SOON AS WE HEADED UP A HILL IT STARTED ALL OVER.

NHTSA ID

11162366

Incident

Dec 16, 2018

Mileage

112,000 mi

NO PROBLEM W TRANSMISSION UNTIL IT BROKE DOWN HALLOWEEN MY CAR HAS JUST UNDER 68K MILES THIS IS RIDICULOUS NOTHING WAS WRONG DROVE NO ISSUES, WENT TO LEAVE WHEN I TTOOK OFF NOTICE LOUD METAL ON METAL GRINDING NOISE, LIKE NO ENGINE POWER

NHTSA ID

11154044

Incident

Oct 31, 2018

Mileage

67,500 mi

I LIVE IN MEMPHIS TN. I LEASED A VEHICLE FROM IFINANCE IN NESBIT, MS. AFTER GETTING VEHICLE TOWED BY THEM I CALLED TO INFORM THEM OF LEAK AND CLUNKING NOISES COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE.SO, AS IM DRIVING IN MY APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH MY KIDS I LOOSE POWER OF STEERING WHEEL AND ALMOST CRASH WITH A PARKED CAR. AFTER STOPPING I INSPECT THE VEHICLE I NOTICE THE MOTOR AND FRAME IS PARTIALLY LOOSENED FROM CAR, ALSO NOTICED A SCREW BROKE UNDER FRAME WHICH HOLDS BOTTOM CARRIAGE TO CAR FRAME,IT WAS LAYING UNDER VEHICLE, AFTER I STOPPED THUS DISABLED STEERING ,IT TURNS FREELY NO WHEEL PLAY, AND I ALMOST WRECKED IN APARTMENT COMPLEX BECAUSE MOTOR CAME PARTIALLY LOOSENED. I CANT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND NOW IT HAS TO BE TOWED HOME AND TOWED AGAIN TO THEIR LOT TO BE REPAIRED

NHTSA ID

11153610

Incident

Nov 25, 2018

Mileage

172,000 mi

WHEN I FIRST PURCHASE MY CAR FROM A USED CAR DEALER WHICH IS SMART AUTO DEALER, 2 WEEKS LATER MY VEHICLE WILL START TO HAVE ISSUES WHILE MY VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON THE SERVICE STREETS. WHENEVER I AM MAKING A LEFT TURN MY ALERT ALARM WILL LIGHT UP ON DASH STATING SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST , SERVICE STABILITRAK , SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHT, THIS WILL GO ON & OFF, BUT NOW IT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY. WHILE TURNING LEFT, THERE WILL BE A GRINDING NOISE, CAR TENDS TO REDUCE ITS POWER, LIKE ITS HARD FOR ME TO TAKE OFF AND MY VEHICLE WILL KICK SO HARD, LIKE SOMETHING IS LOCKING. ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE IS WHILE PARKED ON A SLANTED CARPORT, MY VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE GEAR. I FEEL LIKE MY VEHICLE IS GOING TO BREAK BECAUSE, I HAVE TO FORCE IT TO GET INTO REVERSE GEAR, THAT THE VEHICLE WILL MAKE THE LOUDEST NOISE, LIKE MY AXLE IS GOING TO BREAK ON ME. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT ITS NOT SHOWING UP ON THERE DIAGNOSTIC AS ANY ISSUES. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE IS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE? THERE WAS A KNOWN RECALL, BUT MY VIN# IS NOT SHOWING UP. DEALERS ARE TRYING TO CHEAT ME

NHTSA ID

11139974

Incident

Jul 16, 2017

Mileage

95,000 mi

HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY IMPALA 2010 WITH SHIFTING OF THE TRANSMISSION FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. IT SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING SOMETIMES NOT ALL THE TIME.

NHTSA ID

11109986

Incident

Jun 21, 2018

Mileage

163,000 mi

AT 108492 MILE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING THERE WAS NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER WE WERE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN ANY GEAR. WAS TOWED TO MULTISTATE TRANSMISSION IN WATERFORD, MICHIGAN AND COST $2,259.76 TO BE REPAIRED I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED SOME IF NOT ALL THIS MONEY

NHTSA ID

11057718

Incident

Jun 26, 2017

Mileage

108,492 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT OPERATE IN THE REVERSE POSITION. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION "SLIPPED" SEVERAL TIMES AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO APPLY SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

NHTSA ID

10986000

Incident

Mar 16, 2017

Mileage

68,000 mi

SERVICE STABILITRAK INDICATOR SHOWED UP AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RUN PROPERLY (ENGINE SEEMED TO WANT TO STALL, LOSS OF POWER, ROUGH IDLEING, TRANSMISSION 'KICKING'. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND NOT THE CONSUMER SINCE THE COSTS OF REPAIR ARE (CAN BE) EXTREMELY HIGH. MANUFACTURER SHOULD ENSURE THE PARTS THEY USE FOR STABILITY AND SAFETY WILL LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

10985098

Incident

May 12, 2017

Mileage

69,000 mi

MY CAR DIED ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILING. WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE IN ANY FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS. I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN THE CAR HARD, AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN PER MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS AND GUIDELINES. 2010 IMPALA WITH 130,000 MILES. FORTUNATELY A POLICE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO PARK BEHIND US IN THE ROAD WITH HIS LIGHTS FLASHING TO KEEP CARS FROM RUNNING INTO US UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO GET TOWED AWAY. I HAD JUST MADE A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY, AND THE TRANSMISSION INSTANTLY FAILED AFTER THE TURN (I HAD DRIVEN ABOUT A MILE FROM MY GARAGE TILL THE FAILURE).

NHTSA ID

10980176

Incident

Apr 23, 2017

Mileage

130,914 mi

TAKATA RECALL CAR JERKS HARD EVERY TIME YOU PUSH THE GAS TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD AS IF IT DON'T WANT TO MOVE. AND THE RPM RISE UP

NHTSA ID

10971868

Incident

Jun 1, 2016

Mileage

170,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON A SECONDARY ROADWAY HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN LOST STEERING CONTROL AS THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED AND WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD VEERING TO THE RIGHT. THE FRONT WHEELS WILL NOT ROTATE IN ANY GEAR NOW VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. FELDMAN CHEVROLET OF NOVI, MI STATES THERE IS METAL IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. LOW MILES AND NO PRIOR ACCIDENTS, NO TRANSMISSION ISSUES PRIOR, DEALER MAINTAINED. LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

10971813

Incident

Apr 9, 2017

Mileage

51,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHIFT LEVER WOULD BECOME STUCK IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE SHIFT LEVER WIRES BEING TOO THIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10944530

Incident

Jul 1, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT ALSO HEARD A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IN ADDITION, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

NHTSA ID

10926365

Incident

Mar 1, 2016

Mileage

155,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE SERVICE STABILIZED TRACK LINK, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, AND ENGINE POWER REDUCE WARNING INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

NHTSA ID

10920190

Incident

Sep 19, 2016

Mileage

100,000 mi

AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALER SAID IT IS A $700 REPAIR FOR THE "SEAT BELT TENSIONER". TRANSMISSION EXPLODED AT 30,000 MILES. AT 60,000 MILE HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. NOW AT 108,000 MILES TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING AND NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY FROM A STOP.

NHTSA ID

10891760

Incident

Jul 29, 2016

Mileage

108,200 mi